Data Analyst

Job Purpose:

The Data Analyst will play a critical role in analyzing and interpreting complex financial data to support strategic decision-making processes. This position requires proficiency in Power Queries and the ability to work with financial datasets, ensuring accurate insights and reporting. Additionally, experience with Navision or Oracle is desirable to streamline data extraction, integration, and analysis. The ideal candidate will contribute to optimizing business performance by providing clear, data-driven recommendations.

Core Responsabilities:

• Collate and action requests for data creation and maintenance.
• Maintain chart of accounts (including GL, cost centers and entities), other accounting master data objects, customer records and contracts data.
• Continually own and maintain required standard data documentation.
• Apply a degree of independent decision-making in dealing with complex business and/or technical issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functionals teams across various levels including the BPO
• Establish stable working relationships within Master Data team and with other departments/team members to ensure smooth ways of working and delivery of Master Data activities.
• Anticipate data needs of other teams and proactively seek to respond / create solutions in advance of requests.
• Collaborate with Finance process owners to adapt best practices and standards.
• Collaborate with IT and Data & Analytics teams on data structures and data strategy.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders to provide required data points.
• Ensure data compliance & integrity.
• Create reports and provide inputs for frequent and accurate reporting on data input, cleansing and maintenance activity to accurately monitor implementation of Master Data maintenance strategy and compliance with company policies and regulation.
• Run reports to assess data quality and contribute to any testing & development in support of data quality improvement initiatives.
• Validate data integrity during any data transformation and loading activities.

Technical Competencies:

• Experience in financial roles
• Experience in a Global Business Services environment or multi-national company experience
• Experience with Oracle, Navision or other industry-leading ERP
• SQL or PowerBI
• Data Management Capabilities
• Advanced level of Excel